“There are untouchable conversations,” Koberinski said, “like the assumption that the economy is the way that it is and nothing can be done about it, and the base assumptions that permit monoculture in food production and the abuse of the public commons generally.” She wants not only to engage in those “untouchable conversations,” but to lead them. Her work at Colby will include writing, lecturing, and expanding the Beyond Pesticides Network in Canada, which she helped start.